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Since it is Web-scale Wednesday let’s start with a some Web-scale IT reading. I am hoping to have some time to attend at least part of the live online Nutanix Web-Scale IT event this morning.

Enter Web-scale IT “What is web-scale IT? It’s our effort to describe all of the things happening at large cloud services firms such as Google, Amazon, Rackspace, Netflix, Facebook, etc., that enables them to achieve extreme levels of service delivery as compared to many of their enterprise counterparts.”

Working toward your VCDX? A lot of time will be spent preparing to defend your design but don’t forget about the Design and Troubleshooting scenarios that are also a part of the defense. Check out @vcdx133‘s VCDX – Design Scenario Strategy and VCDX – Troubleshooting Scenario Strategy post. Some great tips and insights into preparing for these parts of the defense. He also has a whole series of other posts on preparing and presenting for VCDX. Definitely worth checking out!!!

5 Reasons to Choose VMware vSphere 5.5 over Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V. I’ll add my own reason number 6 – VMware doesn’t suck. My opinion is that Hyper-V is still very clunky and overly complex – it has improved but it still has a long way to go. “However, if you’re selecting a hypervisor based on the absolute lowest cost, then you aren’t making the smartest decision.” Disaster Recovery Using VMware vSphere Replication and vCenter Site Recovery Manager. I have not finished reading it yet, but so far it is pretty good. A full review will be posted once I finish it.

Enjoy your coffee. Guess what day it is? Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike. Have a great morning and a great rest of the week.

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Hersey Cartwright is an IT professional with extensive experience designing, implementing, managing, and supporting technologies that improve business processes. Hersey is Solutions Architect for HPE SimpliVity covering Virginia, Washington DC, and Maryland. He holds the VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX-DV #128) certification. Hersey actively participates in the VMware community and was awarded the VMware vExpert title in 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2012. He enjoys working with, teaching, and writing about virtualization and other data center technologies. Follow Hersey on Twitter @herseyc